Time flies and suddenly we'd arrived at our last weekend at the Point. Time for another adventure! We borrowed a couple extra kids and headed down the lake to Taughannock Falls.
Frisbee, picnic lunch and exploring by the creek to start the day...
Then up the gorge we went. It was a hot day so we decided to walk in the stream.
Perfect and idyllic there, splashing along the (very slippery) bedrock, sliding with the current and dipping into pools...
Not pictured: Reese falling and hurting her wrist and Jack scraping the heck out of his torso while "slip and sliding" down the rocks.... Also not pictured: My brisk walk to the van and back to bring princess Ivy her swimsuit and goggles...
But! We persevered! Onward in the face of adversity and injury!
Little Drew's reaction was priceless when we rounded the bend to this view, cliffs arching up to forever: (mid-sentence full stop) "Oh. Wow!"
On the way back up the lake we detoured to Lively Run Dairy, a small goat farm and cheesemaker.
Cute little operation. We opted out of the cheese tasting as the vast majority of our contingent was either a. not at all interested in cheese or b. actually averse to goat cheese.
But we opted right in to time in the barns, where we socialized with some 3 month old goats... and then we were treated to the babies!
We got to see a 3 hour old kid, still wet with amniotic fluid. And we got to hold this guy, 6 days old and nothing but legs and softness. He kept trying to suckle our fingers and was incredibly sweet.
He made us all so happy.
Even Winter! She was ready to play.
Home to the cottage, where the lake waited for us. The lake, and melty beads.
And! A surprise ride to the "deep end" in Barb's boat.
Flying over the waves and jumping into the cool deep...
A summer day well spent.
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